Paper charm. Piece of paper printed on one side with an image of a horse. [FB 12/02/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper charm. Piece of paper printed on one side with an image of a horse. [FB 12/02/2013]
Long description: Paper charm. Piece of paper printed on one side with an image of a horse. Along the top of the piece of paper is a rope with tassels hanging down from it. The horse is positioned with it's head raised. To the left of the paper are seven Japanese characters printed in black ink. [FB 12/02/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshū Kantō Kanagawa Miyanoshita
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1985
Date collected: 1907
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Width: max 172 mm, Length: max 246 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.224 Other numbers: 07 13
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Tado ryogu, go-shinba (or go-shinme)”, Horse for a god to ride, Tado shrine *Identical to 1908.82.281 (Chamberlain) [FB 08/01/2014]